Gudja - κ Serpentis (kappa Serpentis)

Below the horizon. Rise: 7:33 | Tran: 15:07 | Set: 22:41

Alt: -20.41° Az: 357.27° Direction: North

Gudja, also designated as κ Serpentis (kappa Serpentis), is a variable hypergiant star of spectral class M0 in the constellation of Serpens.

Gudja visual magnitude is 4.09. Because of its moderate brightness, Gudja is easily visible to the naked eye from locations with dark skies, while it might be barely visible, or not visible at all, from light-polluted skies.

Image of Gudja - κ Serpentis (kappa Serpentis) star

DSS2 image of Gudja. The red arrow shows the motion of Gudja during the next 10000 years (-8.50 arcmin in Right Ascension and -14.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 15h 49m 51s

Declination +18° 04’ 01”

Hour Angle 11h 49m 14s

Sidereal Time 03h 39m 06s

J2000

Right Ascension 15h 48m 44s

Declination +18° 08’ 30”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 30.1°

Galactic Latitude 48.33°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for Gudja - κ Serpentis (kappa Serpentis).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 4.09

Class Hypergiant

Absolute magnitude -1.05

Spectral Type M0III

Color Index (B-V) 1.62

Temperature 3622K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where Gudja is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of Gudja. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

Gudja is distant 348.29 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 39 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 106.84

Distance (light year) 348.29

Radial Speed -39 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.051 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.088"/y

Alternative Designations

Proper Name Gudja

Bayer designation κ Serpentis
(kappa Serpentis)

Flamsteed designation 35 Serpentis

Henry Draper Catalogue HD141477

SAO Catalogue SAO101752

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP77450

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+18 3074

FK5 Catalogue 584

General Catalogue of Variable Stars 7269

Visibility from Your Location

Today's Gudja - κ Serpentis (kappa Serpentis) rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 71.9° RISE 7:33

Max altitude: 56.6° TRANSIT 15:07

Azimuth: 288.1° SET 22:41

Set Location

Other stars in Serpens